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Trank, Douglas M.; Steele, Joe M. – 1983
A study was conducted to determine if changes in a student's writing and speaking skills over the period of a semester could be measured reliably and to measure what changes, if any, occur in these skills over this period. A pretest-posttest design employing the speech and writing portions of ACT's College Outcome Measures Project was used to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
Steele, Joe M. – 1979
The College Outcome Measures Project (COMP) was established to develop, validate, and implement measures of the knowledge and skills that undergraduate students are expected to acquire and that are important to effective adult functioning. The COMP Measurement Battery yields a "communicating" score based in part on a speaking assessment…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods